Bedouin kidnap 25 police in Sinai protestArmed Bedouin tribesmen on Tuesday kidnapped a truckload truck·load n. The quantity that a truck can hold. truckload n → camión m lleno of 25 Egyptian policemen in northern Sinai in protest at the killing of one of their number, a security official said. The police truck was heading for a crossing point on the Israeli border when "it was stopped by three pick-up trucks with armed Bedouin on board," the official said, requesting anonymity. "The Bedouin took 25 policemen to an unknown destination," the official said, adding that he thought the kidnapping was connected to the police killing on Monday of a Bedouin tribesman who was reportedly smuggling smuggling, illegal transport across state or national boundaries of goods or persons liable to customs or to prohibition. Smuggling has been carried on in nearly all nations and has occasionally been adopted as an instrument of national policy, as by Great Britain drugs. The killing has sparked other protests in the Sinai peninsula Sinai Peninsula Peninsula, northeastern Egypt. Located between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba at the northern end of the Red Sea, it covers some 23,500 sq mi (61,000 sq km). , including the besieging of a police station in the small town of Madfouna on the Israeli border. "We have taken control of the police station. All the police have fled, except for one officer who refuses to leave," a Bedouin in Madfouna told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. , requesting anonymity. However, a police official said the tribesmen had only surrounded the station and that 20 policemen and an officer were still inside. "The Bedouin have declared an open protest and are staging a sit-in near the Israeli border," an official said, also requesting anonymity. Four policemen "The Four Policemen" was a term coined by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to refer to the four major Allies of World War II and founders of the United Nations (UN): the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and China. , including an officer, and four protestors were hurt in the Madfouna protest, an interior ministry statement said, without elaborating. The Bedouin have been protesting in Madfouna since police killed a tribesman in a shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. on Monday. Hundreds turned out to protest the shooting, firing guns into the air and burning tyres. Bedouin say police routinely carry out arrests in north Sinai and that they feel under threat of having their car licences confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. or homes searched at any time. In July, the detention of one of their number in the Sinai without charge saw hundreds of Bedouin burn tyres and block roads in protest. A spate of bombings that hit popular tourist destinations in Sinai between 2004 and 2006 led to massive sweeps of the peninsula with thousands of Bedouin arrested. The Egyptian government has regularly promised to pump money into the impoverished north Sinai and there have been several attempts in recent months at a rapprochement between authorities and the Bedouin. 
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